Research Funding Opportunities
The following is a compilation of funding opportunities for research studies. Funding sources vary from Limited Submission from within the University, to private as well as governmental sponsors. NIH opportunities for funding will be listed below, as well as on the NIH Announcements page. Those opportunities closest to the date of application will be listed at the top of the page. Students may find information on funding specifically for them on the Student News page. Selected employment opportunities presented to the Office of Research & Graduate Education will be posted on this page as they become available. These employment opportunities can be found towards the bottom of the page, following all of the funding opportunities.
DOD FUNDING
The Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) Defense Appropriations Act provides research funding for the peer reviewed programs managed by the Department of Defense
(DOD) office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).
Recently released pre-announcements from the following programs:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP) Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP)
Descriptions of each of the funding opportunities, eligibility, key mechanism elements, and funding can be found in the respective Program pre- announcement. FY13 pre-announcements can be found in the CDMRP home page features at http://cdmrp.army.mil.
ALSRP at http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/press/2013/13alsrppreann.shtml
BCRP at http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/press/2013/13bcrppreann.shtml
GWIRP at http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/press/2013/13gwirppreann.shtml
NFRP at http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/press/2013/13nfrppreann.shtml
PCRP at http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/press/2013/13pcrppreann.shtml
TSCRP at http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/press/2013/13tscrppreann.shtml
The V Foundation for Cancer Research Grant
Deadline to submit LOI (Letter of Intent) is May 31, 2013; range to be $300,000 - $400,000 payable over two years
The V Foundation for Cancer Research is interested in funding a translational research project on Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) as it relates to people with or at risk for cancer. After the review, three to five institutions will be invited to submit a grant proposal. Selected institutions will be notified by June 14, 2013.
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Dog Fence DIY Invites Applications for Veterinary and Pre-Veterinary Academic Scholarships
Deadline for application: June 1, 2013
Scholarships provide $2,000, distributed in increments of $500 per semester, to qualified applicants enrolled in a doctor of veterinary medicine program, an undergraduate biology or pre-veterinary studies program, or the equivalent.
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Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
Application due 7/1/13; unlimited submission - $450,000 over three years
The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award is designed to provide support for the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with “high-risk/high-reward” ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our understanding of and/or approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer. The Innovation Award is specifically designed to provide funding to extraordinary early career researchers who have an innovative new idea but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. It is not designed to fund incremental advances. The research supported by the award must be novel, exceptionally creative and, if successful, have the strong potential for high impact in the cancer field.
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2013 call for collaborative UCDCCC-LLNL proposals
2013 call for collaborative UCDCCC-LLNL proposals addressing the following topics:
· Diagnostic Technologies
· Therapeutic Modalities
· Immunology/Inflammation
· Systems Biology and Computation
Note that up to two awards of postdoctoral fellowships are available (approximately $50k/year for 2 years).
Preference will be given to proposals that have strongly evidenced the following:
New science: The particular effort proposed should break new ground and bring collaborating intellects into play; the fellowships will be awarded to established laboratories at LLNL and UCD.
Collaboration: The whole point of these fellowships is to build collaborative relationships between scientists and/or physicians at LLNL and UCD. Thus, the proposal should make clear how the time of the fellow will be divided between the campuses and how the investigators from the campuses will all play significant scientific roles.
Sustainability: The projects should have sufficient momentum to make future year grants to extend and advance the proposed effort as probable as possible.
The details:
- Proposals are due on July 1, 2013 via email to <cancer.center@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu>.
- One page should be devoted to collaboration and sustainability. Three pages should be devoted to the scientific narrative. Use the attached template to organize these pages. The cover page and references are outside of these page limitations.
- Use Arial 11 pt or New Times Roman 12 pt with 1/2" margins all around.
- Attach a current biosketch and other support statement for each collaborator.
Decision on fellowship awards will be made by July 19, 2013 and projects should begin within 60 days, e.g. by Sept. 19, 2014 (postdocs should be identified by this time).
If you have any questions, please send an email to Amy Gryshuk (gryshuk2@llnl.gov), Melanie Bradnam (melanie.bradnam@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu), and Joel Kugelmass (joel.kugelmass@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu) and we'll get back to you promptly.
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Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Application due: 8/15/13; unlimited submission - $186,000 over three years
The Foundation encourages all theoretical and experimental research relevant to the study of cancer and the search for cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies and prevention. Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are granted for a three-year term with second- and third-year funding contingent upon satisfactory progress reports. Fellows in their first- and third-years of funding will attend Damon Runyon Fellows' Retreats designed to foster collaboration and interaction between scientists working in different fields relevant to cancer
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Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Application due: 10/1/13; unlimited submission $80,000 - $150,000
The Pardee Foundation funds the most innovative approaches to conquering cancer. There is a straightforward online application process. UC Davis received $141,000 for urology research in February. Examples of funded projects include the following:
Boston University -- $154,787 for the study of targeting a novel G protein activator for cancer therapeutics; University of California, San Francisco -- $122,627 for the study of the role of autophagy in promoting treatment resistance in glioblastoma; University of Cincinnati -- $81,385 for the study of targeting tumor-associated fibroblasts as a therapeutic strategy in melanoma; University of Iowa -- $100,000 for the study of multifunctional RNA-based therapy for advanced cancers of the breast; University of Nebraska -- $125,000 for the study of hPaf1 in the drug resistance of ovarian cancer stem cells; University of Texas, MD Anderson -- $148,286 for the study of coordinate regulation of the ECFR signaling pathway by microRNA in head and neck cancer; Yale University -- $131,050 for the study of a novel apoptosis inducing therapy targeted to mitochondria in cancer cells.
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T.J. Martell Foundation
Applications reviewed in the Fall; unlimited submission; flexible amount
The T.J. Martell Foundation is the music industry's largest foundation that funds innovative medical research focused on finding cures for leukemia, cancer and AIDS. The Foundation sources and supports early-stage research projects aimed at developing more effective clinical treatments for patients which otherwise might not be funded. They give between $15,000 and over $2,000,000. They are interested in any early stage research with an emphasis on novel approaches that have not already been funded. They are looking favorably at the moment at pediatric projects (but that is not a requirement), and they look especially favorably at collaborations within a University and among other universities and hospitals, especially those they have funded. They have funded the following: LA Children's, Mayo, U of Rochester, Vanderbilt, Columbia Presbyterian, Massachusetts General, MD Anderson, Harvard School of Public Health, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and Mt. Sinai. To apply, you simply send a detailed description of the research and investigators with a formal letter stating the purpose and amount requested. Applications are reviewed in the fall.
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Michelson Prize & Grants
Deadline for proposals are at three times a year, in March, July, and November
Found Animals is providing up to $50 million in multiple, multi-year international research grants through the Michelson Grants in Reproductive Biology for promising proposals in pursuit of a single dose, lifetime non-surgical sterilization product or technology for use in male and female dogs and cats that also ablates sex steroids or their action. Although grant proposals may be funded to study a nonsurgical sterilant in a single target species (cats or dogs), a single gender, or that does not ablate sex steroids, strong preference is given to proposals that could meet all of the Michelson Prize criteria. The Foundation seeks proposals for up to $250,000 USD per year for up to 3 years of funding.
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Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Institutions That Promote Diversity (K01)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Application Receipt Date(s): February 7, 2013; February 7, 2014
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T32 Training Program for Institutions That Promote Diversity (T32)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Application Receipt Date(s): February 7, 2013; February 7, 2014
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The V Foundation for Cancer Research Grant
Each grant will total $200,000, given in two yearly installments
The Board of Directors and the Scientific Advisory Board of the V Foundation for Cancer Research would like to invite you to submit a research project for V Scholar grant consideration. Funding is available for laboratory-based fundamental and translational research.
The candidate must:
- Be associated with your non-profit institution
- Have demonstrated expertise and promise in the designated areas of research
- Have completed at least two years of fellowship training
- Currently hold a tenured track faculty position
- No more than five years since joining the faculty as instructor or assistant professor
- No more than 10 years since terminal degree (M.D. or Ph.D.)
*Exceptions must be approved via email prior to submission
- Not have been promoted to Associate Professor
Researchers who have secured their own RO1 funding are not eligible for this award. Applicants with institutional or KO8 awards are eligible.
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